Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was at Nottingham Grammar School , I always came top in science , and literature , and I loved reading and learning , which I knew would be vital to become a doctor .
2 But I always spoke English with Mum , and I went to an English school in Athens .
3 I also had support from Lance house and from er Leith community centre .
4 However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me .
5 I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said .
6 I never had time for fun when I was your age !
7 After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand .
8 This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) .
9 Female labour was never used underground in Cornwall and it does not seem to have been much used at the surface either , until the growth of copper mining which rapidly overhauled tin in importance after about 1740 .
10 This was the simultaneous introduction of several indissolubly linked institutions : monogamy ( which later gave rise to polyandry and polygamy ) , the nuclear family , private property ( the property of the nuclear family ) , the change in the rule of descent from the female line to the male line , the subordination and humiliation of women , and the State .
11 To that extent the results reflect the basis upon which ASWs made decisions , which frequently involved diversion of GP referrals from compulsory admission .
12 On the other hand , unlike their predecessors , they were not advocates of single causes , such as temperance or even religious instruction , but instead sought to attract members with a varied programme which consciously mixed recreation with education , welfare , and sometimes church attendance , for a variety of reasons all of which rested on the specificity of youth in relation to age and to class .
13 One of the main themes of the subject in recent years has been corporatism — which particularly drew attention to group participation .
14 However , Clark argues that this exception is more apparent than real , arising from methodological procedures which essentially precluded scope for contrast .
15 Although she had lived at the farm since she was ten and was accepted as one of the family , she rarely took part in family discussions .
16 Two of the boys from amongst these pioneers went on to study Mathematics at Cambridge , with great success , to Daniels ' pride : J. G. Adshead of Caius College , who eventually became Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University , Nova Scotia , and W. L. Edge of Trinity College , who held a similar post in the University of Edinburgh .
17 So you only spoke Welsh at home ?
18 She referred to her own family : parents , brother and sisters who all spoke English at home .
19 ‘ Donkeys , Janet , ’ Gwendolen trilled again , but the will to fight had left her , and she easily ceded place of honour to Samuel .
20 You always had herren for breakfast .
21 The smallest of the four coalition parties ( the others being the National Coalition Party ( KK ) , the Social Democratic Party ( SSDP ) and the Swedish People 's Party ( SFP ) ) , the SMP , which currently held nine of the 200 seats in parliament , had had only one minister in the Cabinet — Raimo Vistbacka , the Communications Minister , who was replaced by Ilkka Kanerva , who also took responsibility for transport .
22 She also studied badminton as part of physical recreation .
23 I do n't suppose you even called Serif in order to assess the telephone support available , always enthusiastic and knowledgeable , even on Saturdays .
24 Who reputedly sold sex for luncheon vouchers ?
25 A surgeon who immediately welcomed news of chloroform could reasonably claim always to have been aware of the pain although he had disciplined himself not to heed it .
26 Faced with the need to chastise a dancer , she never gave way to anger nor showed her annoyance but her eyes would fill with tears and she would say , ‘ I never thought a Tiller would let us down like this . ’
27 I mean he initially did n't wan na know and then you went on about er and came up with the idea of well I 'm very fit , the family 's fit never have any problems health wise erm the o the only thing there you , I do n't think you actually mentioned possibility of accident
28 So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ?
29 ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it .
30 In addition to attempting to assess attitudes , in this part of the questionnaire we also sought information about routine evaluation .
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